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Re: Hotmail preparing to check SID with spf2.0/pra only?

2005-06-20 14:20:22
Alex van den Bogaerdt wrote:
 
So it isn't perfect.

Defining "not perfect" as superset of "FUBAR", yes.

trust.example allowed a certain host to use its name.

No, it allowed to use its MAIL FROM, and it even knows that
this host checks it (SMTP AUTH + enforced submission rights).

at least now you know it came from a host related (however
loosly) to trust.example

In other words you got the bogus PRA-PASS for trust.examle,
it was a phish / spam / malware, and trust.example is added
to every RHSBL of the planet as a "black hat".

The victim of this phish / spam / malware will sue them and
maybe win.  There is no relationship between PRA and MFROM,
it just doesn't work.  The most fatal flaw of this scheme
is that it _apparently_ works in many cases.  Nobody would
fix it only for trust.example, they are "collateral damage".

                      Bye, Frank